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OSC Reviews Restricted Dealer Crypto Asset Trading Platforms

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The Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) completed a focused compliance review of the know-your-client (“KYC”), account appropriateness assessment and Client Limit (as defined below) practices of crypto asset trading...more

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The Virtual Currency Regulation Review - September 2023

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I INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK - Canada currently has no comprehensive framework governing the regulation of digital assets. Securities and derivatives regulation has emerged as the main regulatory...more

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Canadian Regulators Continue Enforcement Efforts Aimed at Offshore Crypto Platforms

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Canadian regulators want to ensure that crypto-asset trading platforms (CTPs) know that they will not be able to evade Canadian and Ontario securities law sanctions by withdrawing from the Canadian market. As part of a...more

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CSA Release Guidance on Public Crypto Asset Funds

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This summer, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) published CSA Staff Notice 81-336 Guidance on Crypto Asset Investment Funds that are Reporting Issuers (the “Notice”) concerning funds that seek to invest in crypto...more

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When Investing Becomes A Game: A New OSC Report Looks at the “Gamification” of Investor Behaviour

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In November 2022, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) released a report outlining its findings on the effects on investor behaviour of “gamification” and other behavioural techniques employed by digital investment...more

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